Museum of Modern Art \ 11 West 53*d Street New York City
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For release Saturday, Sept, 24
Sunday, Sept. 25
Paint ings and sculpture "by American a r t i s t s from public and
pr iva te c o l l e c t i o n s , including masterpieces which have not been seen
in New York for many years , now are being assembled by the Museum of
Modern Art , New York, for the American exh ib i t ion which w i l l formally
open the Museum's 1932-33 season on Nov. 2. The exhibi t ion has been
in preparat ion for the l a s t s i x months.
Although not intended as an h i s t o r i c a l survey, the exhib i t ion ,
which covers the period 1862-1932, w i l l re.present important schools of
American paint ing and scu lp ture of the l a s t 70 years . Charac te r i s t i c
worlcs w i l l be shown of the great landscape school , George Innes$ Homer
Marti*, a&d Alexander H. Wyant; the nineteenth century i n d i v i d u a l i s t s ,
J . A. McN. Whistler, Winslow Homer, Thomas Eakins, and Albert Pinkham
Ryder; Jhe cosmopolitans', Frank Duveneck, John Singer Sargent, Abbott
Thayer, Mary Cassat t , and o thers ; the impress ion is t s , John Twachtman,
Childe Hassam, and o t h e r s ; the Phi ladelphia and New York group which
came on just before the impact of modernism in the second decade of
the century; and the contemporary group which has developed since the
time of the Armory Show. In sculp ture a s e l ec t i on of works wi l l be
shown covering the period from John Quincy Adams. Ward to the
contemporaries•
The complete l i s t of pa in te r s and scu lp ta r s in the exhib i t ion
wi l l lie announced l a t e r . ->-$
There has been no attempt by the Museum to represent a l l the
meri torious a r t i s t s who were act ive during the 1862-1932 period. The
Museum has endeavored to secure the best paint ings and sculpture
wherever ava i l ab le in public and pr iva te col laot ions and to bring them
together in an exhibi t ion whichi would present v i t a l con t r ibu t ions to
American a r t during t h i s period. The works have been se lec ted on
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the bas is of the merit of each example, r a the r than on the repu ta t ion
of the a r t i s t s .
The Museum has t r i e d especia l ly to bring out from pr iva te
co l l ec t ions works which have/not been ava i l ab le to t he ,general pub l ic .
1\ the case of me& l i ke Blakelock, Homer Martin, Innes- and Wyant,
the Museum has succeeded in securing from public andj pr iva te
co l l ec t ions fine paint ings which have not been seen in Now York for
many yea r s .
The nineteenth century a r t i s t s w i l l be represented by two or*
more works each. Comtemporaries w i l l be represented by one work
each, except in the case of scu lp tors and of a r t i s t s who have made a
d i s t i n c t cont r ibu t ion in watercolor as well as in o i l pa in t ing .
The exhib i t ion i s under the d i r e c t i o n of Holger Cah i l l , who
for mauy years has mude an in tens ive study of American a r t and who
has conducted research in the f ield of fo lk -pa in t ing and fo lk-
sculpture for the Newark Museum.
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Museum of Modern Art 11 West 53rd S t ree t New York City
For r e l ease Saturday, Sept* 24
Sunday, Sept , 25
Paint ings and sculpture by American a r t i s t s from public a n d ^
pr iva te Col lec t ions , including masterpieces which have not been seen
in New York for many years , now-are being assembled by the Museum of
Modem Art , New York, for the American exh ib i t ion which w i l l formally
open the Museum's 1932-33 season on Nov. 2. The exhibi t ion has been
in prepara t ion for the l a s t s i x months.
Although not intended as an h i s t o r i c a l survey, the exhib i t ion ,
which covers the period 1862-1932, w i l l represent important schools of
American paint ing and sculp ture of the l a s t 70 years . Charac te r i s t i c
works w i l l be shown of the great landscape school , George Innes^ Homer
Martin, arcd Alexander H. Wyant; the nineteenth century i n d i v i d u a l i s t s ,
J . A. McN. Whistler, Winslow Homer, Thomas Eakins, and Albert pinkham
Ryder; the cosmopolitans, Frank Duveneck, John Singer Sargent, Abbott
Thayer, Mary Cassat t , and o thers ; the impress ion is t s , John Twachtman,
Childe Hassam, and o t h e r s ; the Phi ladelphia and New York group which
came on just before the impact of modernism in the second decade of
the century; and the contemporary group which has developed since the
time of the Armory Show. In sculp ture a s e l ec t i on of works wi l l be
shown covering the period from John Quin«y Adams. Ward to the
c ont emporari es»
The complete l i s t of pa in te r s and scu lp turs in the exhib i t ion
wi l l lie announced l a t e r*
There has been no attempt by the Museum to represent a l l the
meri tor ious a r t i s t s who were act ive during the 1862-1932 per iod. The
Museum has endeavored to secure the best paint ings and sculp ture
wherever ava i l ab le in public and pr iva te co l lec t ions and to bring them
together in an exhibi t ion which would present v i t a l con t r ibu t ions to
American a r t during t h i s period• The works have been se lected on
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the bas is of the merit of each example, r a the r than on the reputa t ion
of the a r t i s t s .
The Museum has t r i e d especia l ly to bring out from pr iva te
co l l ec t ions works whioh have not been ava i l ab le to t he general pub l ic .
In the case of men l i ke Blakelock, Homer Martin, InnesS, and Wyant,
the Museum has succeeded in securing from public and( p r iva te \
co l l ec t ions fine paint ings which have not been seen in New York for
many yea r s .
The nineteenth century a r t i s t s w i l l be represented by two or
more works each. ComtemporarTes w i l l lie represented by tone work
each, except in the case of sculp tors and of a r t i s t s who have made a
d i s t i n c t cont r ibut ion in watercolor as well as in o i l pa in t ing .
The exhibi t ion is ' under the d i r e c t i o n of Holger Cah i l l , who
for many years has made an in tens ive study of American a r t and who
has conducted research in the f ield of fo lk-pa in t ing and folk- ,
sculpture f o r , t h e Newark Museum.
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